Improvement in drawers



` -B. A. ARMSTRONG.

Drawer.

No. 219,197.., PatentedfSept. 2, 1879.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIGE.

BENJAMIN A. ARMSTRONG, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPRovEMl-:NT IN DRAwERs.

Speeification forming part of Letters Patent No. 219,197, datedSeptember 2, 1879; application filed May 12, 1879. i

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN A. ARM- STRONG, of New York city, in theState of New York, have invented certain new and useful lmprovementsrelating to Drawers, of which the following is a speeifieation.

Drawers for containing and exhibiting goods in stores and cabinets aresometimes `made with glass fronts. Such afford obvious advantages butthey involve a difficulty in the attachment of the front to the otherparts of the drawer, and in the attaehment of the rings or handles ofwhatever name by which the drawers are drawn out when required.

My invention is intended to overeome the difficulty With shallow drawersfor all' purposes in a manner superior to any before known to me.

I make, by hand or machinery, peculiarlycut shapes of sheet-brass,tinned iron plate, or analogous bright and easily worked sheet metal,which, on being applied to the corners of the front of a drawer, foldsaround the corner and takes hold both of the glass or other front and ofthe adjacent side piece. lt takes hold of the glass opposite thereto atthe top and bottom. It folds around the corner upon the outer side ofthe drawer, which should be recessed to a depth a little greater thanthe thiekness of the sheet metal to allow therefor, and it thenceextends inward over the upper and lower edges of the side piece. One ofthese extensions inward from the side is widened,-and presents a broadbearing-piece in the angle on the inner side, which overlaps the otherportions, and forms a good finish, being secured there by a screw ornail.

The aecolnpanying drawings form a part of this specification, andrepresent what'l consider the best means of carrying out the invention.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the entire front of a drawer with myinvention attached. Fig. 2 is an isometrical view of the corner of thedrawer on a larger scale. This view is from the inner side, and showsthe finish of that part. Fig. 3 represents the form of the plate ofsheetmetal previous to its being folded.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts in all the figures.

The invention may be used with fronts of wood, or various othermaterials, but is more especially intended for use with glass fronts,and will be so described.

A is the bottom of the drawer, which, it will be understood, may beapplied and secured in the ordinary way after my clasp has been'appliedand secured. B B are the side pieces of the drawer. C is a front ofplate-glass, with a smoothly-finished edge. Its height corresponds withthe height of the sides B, and it is applied at each end directlyagainst the forward ends of the said sides B in the manner shown.

My clasps will be referred to, when necessary, by the letter M.Additional marks, M1 M2, 85o., will be applied to designate specialparts.

The main body of the clasp, M Mt, is a considerable plate of sheetmetal, with a rounded and tastily-finished edge at M1. A folded orright-angled bend is made along the Vertical line m m, and the portionM* is folded over upon the outer face of the side piece, B. A n

narrow extension, M2, stretches from the upper edge of part Mt, andcorresponding eX- tension M3 stretches from the lower edge.

Before the device is applied the side piece, B, is recessed on its outerface, to allow the part M* to be reeeived therein, and the side piece,B, is correspondingly recessed or scored at its lower and upper edges,to allow for the extension metal M2 M3, which extends across the clasp.The extensions M2 and M3 are folded smoothly across at these points andmade to apply up and down on the inner face of the side piece, B, asshown.

An extension, M4, stretches from the upper edge of the clasp M at thefront. An extension, M5 M6, stretches from the lower edge of the clasp Mat the front, which is peculiar, and is designated by two letters,because it not only performs the function of clasping around andapplying upon the back of the glass plate C, like the upper extension,M4, but it is folded along the line m m, so as to form a right-angledbend, and the extension M6 is thus bent out of the plane of the innerface of the glass O, and applies against the inner face of the sidepiece, B. When the clasp is in place the part MG applies over the innerfolded ends of the other several extensions, and a single sorew, E,being driven through the part M6, the 1 whole is strongly and neatlyheld.

Where a large quantity of drawers are to be madeI grind or otherwisereoess the upper end and lower edges of the glass O to a width equal toor a very little greater than the Width of the adjacent parts of theextensions M4 M5; but the thickness of the sheet metal is so slight thatthis may be neglected without serious evil.

A handle may be attaehed by any ordinary or suitable means to the olaspM. I einploy a ring, H, held by a narrow strip, G, which is insertedthrough a oircular piece or washer, F, and seeured to the pieoe M bybeing extended from a slot and spread and fiattened on the back face.This produces a handle which will fold down, is easily applied, of greatstrength and durability, and of tasty appearance.

I, Fig. 1, shows a provision for adapting a oorresponding ring to aseparate pieoe, which may be adapted in any position on the front.

Various moditications may be made. The

handle H may be in any other form-a hinged knob, or even an ordinaryrigid knob, if preferred in any case.

I claim as my invention-- 1. The elasp or corner-fastening M, having theparts and M1 and the extensions M2, M3, M4, M5, and M6, adapted toembrace the side piece, B, and front pieoe, C, of a drawer, and to besecured by the fastenings E, as herein specified.

2. The corner-plate M, having the parts M* M1 and extensions M2, M3, M4,M5, and M6, combined with the front pieee, O, and side piece, B, of adrawer, one or more fastenings, E, and a handle, H, With its fasteningsG and finishing-washer F, as herein specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 10th day of May,1879, in the presence of tWo subscribing witnesses.

BENJ. A. ARMSTRONG.

Witnesses:

W. OoLBoRNE BRooKEs, H. A. J oHNsToNE.

